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PTI Moves to Install Sohail Afridi as KP Chief Minister as Assembly Sets Monday Vote

Legal warnings over the governor’s acceptance step threaten to slow the accelerated vote to replace Ali Amin Gandapur.

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Overview

  • The Governor House confirmed receiving and processing Ali Amin Gandapur’s handwritten resignation on Saturday after delivery by adviser Brig (R) Musaddiq Abbasi.
  • The KP Assembly set nominations to 3:00 pm Sunday with scrutiny at 4:00 pm, a final list by 5:00 pm, and a show-of-hands election at 10:00 am Monday, October 13.
  • PTI named first-term MPA Sohail Afridi of PK-70, a former Insaf Students Federation leader and member of the party’s central executive committee, as its candidate.
  • Senior lawyers say no election should proceed until the governor formally accepts and notifies the resignation, warning any vote held earlier could be invalid.
  • Opposition parties plan a joint nominee as JUI-F weighs Akram Khan Durrani or Maulana Lutfur Rehman and PML-N backs Dr Ibadullah Khan, while PTI dropped a no-confidence move.